"null!"

Accompanied by the endless noise, the Sakura broke through the clouds and soared upwards, moving forward indomitably.

"The oxygen content is gradually decreasing. Everyone should pay attention to regulating their heart rate and breathing."

Every time Yamato controls the Sakura to rise one thousand meters, he will remind the members on the ship to avoid altitude sickness.

"It seems that by the time we reach the empty island, our combat effectiveness will have declined to some extent."

However, judging from the physical fitness of the Sakura crew members, the thinness of the oxygen did not have any impact on them. Even Reiju, who has the weakest physical fitness among all the people, is because she is a genetically modified adjuster.

She can adapt to any bad weather.

"It's harmless."

Katakuri answered Reiju very calmly, the oxygen was just thin, and it was no big deal to people like them who had experienced many battles.

As time passed by, everyone finally came to the end of the water column, which was a layer of clouds connected to the ocean.

"Oh! I saw the clouds in the sky, everyone, pay attention, we are going to rush up."

Yamato frowned slightly as he looked at the clouds whose thickness was unclear.

"Um……"

Under the nervous gazes of everyone, the Sakura finally rushed into the clouds.

"water?"

The moment they rushed into the clouds, several ability users discovered something was wrong in the clouds. There was actually a murderous intention hidden in the seemingly ordinary clouds...

"Boom~"

Finally, with a roar, the Sakura broke out of the clouds containing sea water and floated on the sea of ​​clouds.

"Well...I don't have any strength."

Ace, as a user with the nature-type Burning Fruit ability, lay helpless on the deck after coming into contact with the sea water.

"It's really embarrassing~ Ace."

Musashi gently shook off the water droplets on his body, looked at Ace lying on the ground and laughed.

"Damn it... This is my problem, right? Anyone with abilities will become powerless after removing the sea water... Why are you okay?"

Ace, who gradually regained his strength, stood up and looked at the unharmed Yamato, Kuzan and Katakuri and asked in confusion.

"Because I predicted in advance that I would encounter sea water, I made a layer of skin outside my body that can absorb water..."

Katakuri explained to Ace seriously.

"Okay...forget it, what's going on with Kuzan-san and Yamato? Aren't you two ability users?"

Ace's right eye twitched slightly after hearing Katakuri's words, so even though the Katakuri had predicted the future, he had no plans to tell him! This is really annoying!

"Alala...the seawater will be frozen into ice the moment it touches me~"

Kuzan explained to Ace while holding a camera to take pictures of the scenery above the clouds.

"Okay! I can tolerate Kuzan-san's answer, but what about you, Yamato? Why don't you have anything?"

Ace really couldn't stand the fact that he was the only clown, so he asked Yamato loudly.

"Go~"

Yamato did not answer Ace's question directly, but controlled a ball of water droplets floating freely in the air to fly towards Ace.

"Hmm?! What is this?"

Ace looked at the water droplets flying towards him in confusion.

Immediately after the water sprayed on his face, he felt that his body was hollowed out, and he felt helpless as if he could not stand up.

"Is this seawater?!"

Ace also understood the reason why Yamato could not be disturbed by the sea water in the clouds. It turned out that the opponent activated his ability the moment the sea water touched his body, making all the sea water float up.

The user with fruit abilities will not lose their abilities after touching the sea water, they will only feel weak and unable to actively use their abilities. However, this situation only affects the weakest ability users. Even if the powerful ability users are touched by the sea water, they will only lose their abilities.

It will have a slight impact.

As for powerful espers like Kuzan and Yamato, they can still activate their fruit abilities even if they put part of their bodies into seawater. The effect of seawater on them is actually minimal.

"Are we above the clouds now? It's amazing, we can actually float and sail on the clouds."

Ace wiped the seawater from his face, not looking for trouble. He came to the railing of the Sakura and looked at the endless clouds under the ship, his eyes shining brightly.

"Hehehe... I just said that the empty island is real. Now that we have found the clouds that can carry the ship, I believe that we will soon find the clouds that can hold the island and float in the sky."

After listening to Ace's words, Yamato smiled softly. The sea of ​​clouds in front of him was the best proof that Sky Island did exist.

"Even an eagle rarely flies so high, right?"

Mihawk crossed his arms around his chest, and carefully looked at the beautiful sea of ​​clouds in front of him with his eyes that were sharper than an eagle.

"It's white and endless, with no end in sight. When I retire, it might be nice to come here to retire!"

Kuzan kept pressing the shutter button in his hand. Even with his experience as a naval admiral, after seeing this endless sea of ​​clouds, he felt a sense of shock from the bottom of his heart. This is definitely not something that human power can do.

The power that can be reached is the most primitive power of nature.

"Boom~"

Just as everyone was talking about it, a huge tentacle rushed out of the sea of ​​clouds and attacked the Sakura.

"There are creatures in the clouds?!"

Musashi, who was standing on the highest point of the Sakura, looked at the huge tentacles rushing out of the clouds. He was slightly startled, and then pulled out the katana at his waist.

"Shua~"

With a burst of silver-white sword light, the huge tentacle that wanted to attack the Sakura was instantly cut off.

"Empty~"

It was also at the moment when the tentacles were cut off that a huge octopus with a round head was revealed among the rolling clouds.

"Neptune type? No! This size is just the most common sea beast."

Ace's eyes trembled slightly as he looked at the ten-meter-long octopus in front of him. He thought it was some kind of ferocious sea king that rushed out of the clouds. After he took a closer look, he shook his head slightly. Compared to the sea king, this octopus

It's still too small, which is the level of a large sea beast.

"We have dinner today! Fire Fist!"

Facing the huge octopus, Ace smiled lightly, and then the huge flames roared towards the sea kings.

"Bear~"

With the fierce flames, the giant octopus was cooked whole in an instant.

"Boom~"

Ace flew into the air and threw the cooked octopus onto the deck, and then looked at the people around him.

"Come on, let's try what's the difference between the octopus swimming upstream today and the octopus swimming in the sea we usually see?"

Ace took out a knife and plate from the kitchen and greeted everyone.

"Crunch~Crunch~"

Mihawk used the black knife behind him to instantly dismember the entire octopus, then took the fork from Ace's hand and started to taste it.

“It’s very chewy and it would be better if there was a little seasoning.”

After tasting it carefully, Mihawk nodded slightly. He couldn't tell the difference between the octopus in front of him and the one in the ordinary sea. Anyway, it was delicious.

“Here comes the barbecue sauce~”

At this time, Yamato ran out of the kitchen with a jar of sauce. She picked up a big brush and spread the sauce all over the octopus.

Then he picked up his fork and stabbed the largest piece of octopus meat.

"Wow~ It's delicious!"

Yamato said with a happy face after stuffing the entire piece of octopus meat into his mouth in one bite.

"Is it really that delicious? Let me try it..."

Musashi glanced at Yamato and Mihawk suspiciously, and took the tableware from Ace's hand.

"This tastes really delicious."

"Ah! You need beer at times like this! Beer~"

Musashi shouted loudly after eating a large piece of octopus meat.

“Beer and octopus go together best.”

Musashi preached to the people around him.

"Okay, I remember that there is indeed a wine company..."

Katakuri nodded slightly to Musashi, entered the kitchen and opened the drinker, which was filled with various drinks, of which beer was the most popular.
To be continued...